101 Best Inspirational Quotes For Entrepreneurs

Whether you’re in the early stages of your start-up or looking for some inspiration to keep going, we’ve compiled 101 kickass quotes for entrepreneurs. Remember when starting your own company, it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon.

1. “Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.” — Ryan Freitas, About.me co-founder.

2. “Every time we launch a feature, people yell at us.” — Angelo Sotira, deviantART co-founder.

3. “Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.” — Anthony Volodkin, Hype Machine founder.

4 Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.” —Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly Media founder and CEO.

5. “If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large.” — Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO.

6. “Don’t worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.” — Jeffrey Zeldman, A List Apart Publisher.

7. “Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.” — Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO.

8. “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” — Thomas Edison, General Electric Co-founder.

9. “Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.” — Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder.

10. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. co-founder, chairman and CEO.

11. “The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.” — Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA founder.

62. “Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else.” — Sara Blakely, SPANX founder.

63. “What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone. Know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.” — Dave Thomas, Founder, Wendy’s.

66. “Behold the turtle, he makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.” — Bruce Levin.

67. “Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.” — Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post Media Group president and EIC.

68. “Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.” — Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO.

69. “Diligence is the mother of good luck.” — Benjamin Franklin.

70. “You shouldn’t focus on why you can’t do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.” — Steve Case, AOL co-founder.

71. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” — Walt Disney, Disney founder.

76. “Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” — Mary Kay Ash, Mary Kay Cosmetics founder.

77. “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.” — Richard Branson, Virgin Group founder.

78. “I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.” — Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder.

79. “Even if you don’t have the perfect idea to begin with, you can likely adapt.” — Victoria Ransom, Wildfire Interactive co-founder.

81. “Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.” — Ben Silbermann, Pinterest founder.

82. “You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done.” — Russell Simmons, Def Jam founder.

83. “You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down.” — Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder.

84. “Don’t be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don’t let the bastards get you down.” — Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg L.P. founder.

85. “Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself” — Oprah Winfrey, Harpo Productions, OWN founder.

86. “I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.” — Harland Sanders, KFC founder.

87. “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.” — Caterina Fake, Flickr co-founder.

88. “Trust your instincts.” — Estee Lauder, Estee Lauder founder.

89. “There’s lots of bad reasons to start a company. But there’s only one good, legitimate reason, and I think you know what it is: it’s to change the world.” — Phil Libin, Evernote CEO.

90. “If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.” — Ray Kroc, McDonald’s founder.

91. “Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.” — James Cash Penney, J.C. Penney founder.

92. “Sustaining a successful business is a hell of a lot of work, and staying hungry is half the battle.” — Wendy Tan White, MoonFruit co-founder and CEO.

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